The Ideological Function of Cars A car is a personal tool for transportation that can be used whenever and for whatever reasons. Its role in everyday life varies across public and private spheres of society and carries with it various ideological assumptions. A car is understood to serve the basic universal purpose of travel in the modern world; however‚ it’s insertion‚ absorption‚ and appropriation into the ideological realm of society transforms cars into extensions of people’s relational identities
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Lotus Car Rental COMM/215 Diana Ferrell Lotus Car Rental The Lotus Rental Car company is the world’s leading company in a multimillion dollar industry and can take this great opportunity to provide the consumer with alternative options in vehicles by adding alternative fuel vehicles to its fleet in Los Angeles‚ California‚ it would be a good move for this company because alternative vehicles like hybrids offer a less contaminated environment‚ better fuel economy‚ and the best in its money worth
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Driverless Cars In his 2015 article‚ Kirkpatrick introduces the reader to the topic of self-driving cars‚ broadly outlining the significance of their development‚ as well as some of the accompanying ethical questions that require careful consideration. Most importantly‚ Kirkpatrick highlights that the advent of self-driving cars comes with the serious ethical dilemma of how they should be programmed to behave in the face of an unavoidable accident. That is‚ it is inevitable that self-driving cars will
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An electric car is powered by an electric motor instead of a gasoline engine. The electric motor gets energy from a controller‚ which regulates the amount of power transmitted throughout the vehicle‚ based on the driver’s use of an accelerator pedal. The electric motors give electric cars instant torque‚ creating a strong and smooth acceleration pattern. Electric cars are about three times more efficient than cars with an internal combustion engine. A pure-battery electric car uses energy stored
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today’s cars run using either diesel or petrol‚ (both are fossil fuels). At the rate these fuels are getting used‚ by 2020 the international oil suppliers will not be able to keep up with this high demand. There have been many different fuel alternatives to replace diesel and petrol‚ but none more seem more suitable than hydrogen. The possibility of hydrogen as a fuel is ever increasing‚ with the advantages outweighing the disadvantages more every year. Car manufactures are already making cars that
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involved when buying a car. You would like to have a car you can enjoy and have for a long time. Even if it is not exactly what you want it the quality that counts. There is no reason to have a car and want to sell it in a couple of months. There are three steps in buying a car which are searching‚ driving‚ and purchasing. There are several ideas to look at when searching for a car. When you set off to find a car‚ figure out your price range. When getting there you might find a car you like and end up
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Mitsui & Co. Ltd (7%) and Daihatsu (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (5%). Perodua mainly produces small-compact cars therefore does not directly compete with Proton for the same market niche. In the United Kingdom their cars are sold by Proton dealers who wish to attract customers seeking a smaller and cheaper alternative to the Proton range. Besides the UK and Singapore‚ Perodua also exports their cars to Brunei‚ Fiji‚ Sri Lanka‚ Nepal And Mauritius in small numbers by local dealers. The company
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day and age‚ depending on the type of car‚ the price for a new car average is between $15‚000 and well into the millions. While in the 1920’s the average cost for a new car was $240 which is about $2‚696 today. Automobiles have changed extremely from the Henry Ford’s original Model-T‚ to the Mercedes-Benz C-class. But who invented cars‚ why did they invent cars‚ what are the ups and downs of the invention‚ and how has it impacted our lives? So why were cars invented‚ people likely wanted to travel
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time. I think we could use a third car. Macauley and I can both drive so I feel like another car would be easier for you and us. I think we need another car because we could drive it to school‚ you could still have a car while dad is out of town with his‚ and we could have it for sports after school and other activities. For us to be able to drive to school in our own car instead of using one of yours would help you because you would still have both the cars for errands and such. Also if we could
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We were so exhausted from waiting for one hour until the right car was ready to be auctioned. We were at the Philadelphia Parking Authority auction lot. I was so enthusiastic that I was going to have a car‚ that I can call my own‚ not my mom’s minivan nor my dad’s dodge charger. This was a reward from my parent because I was going to graduate High School before I turned seventeen. The car that I ended up getting was my fantasies car‚ a year 2000 BMW 740i. This was made me think that life would only
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